No Progress Made Towards Financial Autonomy for Judiciary

The Judiciary Staff Union Of Nigeria (JUSUN) says it has not recorded any progress on the issue of financial autonomy for the judiciary.

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Speaking to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the National Secretary of JUSUN, Mr Isaiah Adetola, said financial autonomy for the judiciary had not been implemented by the government.

As reported by NAN the union had, on April 6, embarked on strike to press home its demand for implementation of financial autonomy and following dialogues and interventions from the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), the union suspended the 64-day strike on June 9, with an agreement with the state government that issue will be implemented. Information Guide Nigeria

According to NAN, President Muhammadu Buhari had on May 22, 2020, signed an executive order granting financial autonomy to the legislature and the judiciary in Nigeria and this order which is known as the Executive Order No. 10 of 2020 and made it compulsory for each state to include allocations to its legislature and judiciary in its first-line charge of the budget.

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Adeola said that while some states have sent the bill to their houses of assemblies, some states are yet to do so and those who have signed the bill are yet to implement it. Jamb Result

He informed the public that the JUSUN National Executive Committee will meet and decide on the next line of action.